Quality Governance & Patient Safety Director

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site leisure facilities

Subsidised staff parking

Free bus travel (Stagecoach)

Park and Ride free

24/7 on-site food

Staff pod break spaces

Job summary

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust seeks a proven leader to champion quality governance and compliance across patient safety, clinical risk and regulatory assurance. Reporting to the Chief Nurse, you will establish frameworks and assurance processes that drive safe, effective and well-governed care across services and with regulators and commissioners.

You will lead containment of regulatory findings, support organisational learning, and provide independent challenge at

Qualifications

• You will bring substantial senior leadership experience in quality governance, patient safety, clinical risk or regulatory compliance within a large and complex healthcare organisation.
• You will have a strong record of providing expert advice and constructive challenge at Executive and Board level, leading major regulatory or external review activity and delivering sustained improvements in quality and assurance.
• You will be educated to Master's degree level in a relevant subject or able to demonstrate equivalent senior leadership experience and expertise.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert leadership, advice and assurance across quality governance, patient safety, clinical risk, regulatory compliance and clinical effectiveness.
• Establish frameworks, standards and assurance arrangements to deliver safe, well-governed care across services and with regulators and system partners.
• Escalate and address concerns, regulatory requirements and gaps in assurance with independence and constructive challenge.
• Represent the Trust with regulators, commissioners and NHS system partners at executive and board levels.

Skills

Quality governance

Patient safety

Clinical risk

Regulatory frameworks

Leadership

Influencing

Relationship-building

Independent judgment

Constructive challenge

Analytical skills

Communication

Board-level communication

Integrity

Objectivity

Professional judgment

Patient-centered care

Compassion

Education

Master's degree

Postgraduate qualification

Job description

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust seeks a proven leader to champion quality governance and compliance across patient safety, clinical risk and regulatory assurance. Reporting to the Chief Nurse, you will establish frameworks and assurance processes that drive safe, effective and well-governed care across services and with regulators and commissioners.

You will lead containment of regulatory findings, support organisational learning, and provide independent challenge at